GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5700, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1465 MHz, and 8096 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (260%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5700 is 1692% quicker than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 433152 (1692%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be much (approximately 2297%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 202160 (2297%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 should be much (approximately 2031%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 89360 (2031%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.